Journal bearing



Feb. 25, 1930. D. H. FRENCH JOURNAL BEARING Filed May 28. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l Zlwuenfoz I 5 1 E. 2. W9 A I I I 4 7 fl Z 3 a 2 fi 4 H m i E u m m WW. 8 1 7 2 5 I 6 r7 1 Feb. 25, 1930. D. H. FRENCH I JOURNAL BEARING Filed May 28, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwuento'o alike mm;

' Patented Feb. 25,: I

JULIUS Q; GILL, or l a DELBERT H. Brannonor oak mam Applicationlfile'd May 28,"

' This invention relates' to journal bearings more. particularly. of the type known as locomotive driving boxesbut which-while'particularly applicable assu'ch may be used with other axles of rolling stock.

,An object of theinvention is to provide a" structure in; ajournal bearing of :the type named whereby a driving box already in use may be reconstructed to adapt it' for receivm ing certain parts and permitting adjustment I thereof'for taking up wear. V

A further and important object is to provide a structure by which a-driving box of common type already in use, or a box that may have been" discardedmay be reconstructed and placed in service with adjustments for taking up wear and made as eflicientas a newly constructed boxy Still another ob ectfis that ofproviding in a locomotive driving boxa structure by which the said'box' will not be subject to distortion, a spacing part being interposed between the extensions thereof as a preventive measure. 1 I p Besides these objects the invention includes certain novel structural features and arrangement of parts to be-brought out herein aided by the accompanying drawings wherein:

"Figure l is a front elevation of ajournal bearing constructed according to my. inven'e 'tion." W Figure 2 isa horizontal section ofthe bearingon line 2"2 of Figural. I I I .Figure 3is a vertical-transverse section of 1 :the bearing on line 3-'3, Figure 1. V v

Figure 4 is part ofa quarter piece shown in perspective,-and v.

. Figure 5 isv a frontelevation of part of the journal bearing showing-an'extension ofone of its Walls similar to Figure '1, I I I The numeral 1 designates. acommondriv ing. box or such as is 'no'wiused which has the customary flanges an outer and an inner, 2 and {respectively to engage at opposite sides ofthe locomotive-frame orlpedestal, notv shown, and provided with the usual arched cavity 4 communicating. with'whichis a tically extending'opening '5 the walls 6 of vertically from positions at. the widest part PARK, ILLINOIS, AssI GNoR T0 PEORIA, ILLINOIS? ver- J which are substantially parallel and drop BEARING- I 192a serial No. 12,221. I

of such arch, the portions having such walls -,ter'minating.v in ears 6"toreceive bolts 1",t;he

space between the bolts and the locomotive driving axle 1 indicated in broken lines,re'- ceiving the usual oil or grease cellar A the specific placing of which, in this instance wi'llprece'iveh attention later herein. i

v A; fcrown piece 7, 'usually of brassyand of arcua't'e form lies'upin' the arched cavity 4 and may beflange'd at each'end as 8 in the 601 usual way to seat in recesses Qpreventing end play of such croWn-p1ece,or a' screw or pin- 10 may be carried in the topof the box and j depend into a recess 11 in said crown-piece :as' a common method, or bothexpedients may be employed as shown. II 7 Theloweredgesq7" of the crownpiece terminate well above 'a line passing horizontally through the center'of the said axlel so that I .1 said crowmpieeemay freely drop from itsfl ii seat in-the archjaridasfreely be replaced,

Railroads today are rapidlymaking use of it improved journal boxes but due to the cost I of special new forms of boxes it is becoming necessary tomake use those IlOW'iH use by reconstructing them-and this I havefoundto be possibleby the methods and means herein to be described; thei;-. structures so fartouched upon being those in: more or less common use. 5 J So-called quarter pieces "or =quarterbrasses denotedat 1 2, which assuch are old;-

are herein provided. One ofthese' lies b'e-J.

neath each ed ,e 7. ofithe crown- Jiece 7-.

I Since the faces-6 of the common type ofea box to be reconstructed usually .dropsub stantially frompoints alt the widest part of 7' the arch'4,-there being no projections upon which to support the quarter-piecesna-med,

some form of supporting means for the:lat -9o.;

ter mustbe provided as well as to provide forv taking up wear. onythe said crown-piece 7. To accomplish' this I mayv employ either of two methods. That is to say, as 'shownin' Figure 1 1 may provide a plate 13 which'I term a.filler-block to vfit against eachwall 6 of the boxand secure it in place by rivets .14; for example, and preferably the'walls 6 andthe-plate are shouldered at 13 to provide a further support with the said rivets',.1

of the old 'forms or 5 though this may not be resorted to. As illustrated, the plates 13 are thicker at the top than at the lower portion. Preferably filler-block 13, Figure 3, is made with an upwardly inclined edge slightly off of horizontal extending from the outer to the inner end thereof providing a wedge-shaped recess 16 between it and the lower edge of the quarter-piece 12 to receive a wedge 17 of corresponding form, the latter by reason of the bevel 15 and the lengthwise inclined edge of the filler-block 13 causing the wedge to be held in position and causing it, when forced upward, to carry the quarter-piece against the crown-piece. The addition of the extra metal of plate 13 makes the width of the surface 15 greater than the width of the corresponding shoulder on the upper edge of the wall 6 prior to the addition of the extra metal. Thus the wedge 17 has a broader foundation on which to rest than was pr0- vided before the extra metal was added.

The second and preferred method is that of adding metal to the wall 6 by one of the welding methods now well known such, for example, as electric or oxy-acetylene welding, creating a built-up portion. as shown in Figure 5 at 8 to provide a ledge corresponding to 15 of Figure 1, the bevel and the inclined surface lengthwise being provided as before.

The said wedge 17 has-a right angled extension 18 provided with an aperture, not

shown, to permitpassage of a threaded stud I 18 therethrough fixed in the box 1, nuts 19 engaging thestud serving to assist in forcing saidwedge into the recess 16 as occasion requires, and for fixing the wedge in any position placed. Longitudinal movement of the quarter-pieces 12may be prevented by. any suitable means but preferably in each at its end at the outer side of the box is a slot20 parallel to the base of the latter and adapted to receive a bolt 21 whose head lies within an enlargement 22 of said slot, the bolt being slidable in the T-shaped recess thusprovided. A plate 23 is secured at one end upon the face of the box 1 through the use of a stud 2a fixed in the latter and nuts 25, the said bolt 21 extending through its other end and receiving thereon nuts 26. By this, arrangement the quarter-piece12 may be adjusted vertically by the wedges 17 after loosening the nuts 25 and 26, the bolt sliding in the said T-shaped recess in such adjustment but preventing longitudinal movement of said quarter-piece with respectto the crown-piece.

Tear on the quarter-pieces may be taken up by the insertion of suitable shims, not shown, between them and the box in a customary way.

It is clear that by extending the Walls 6 toward one another by building them up by either method above described, but preferably by welding as stated, or both riveting and welding, a box that is otherwise usable may be reconstructed to include the adjustable features desired at the present time, and at a comparatively low cost, or at least as compared with new equipment that might be provided. In this way boxes that have been discarded may be readily-utilized at a great saving of expense. The structure provided admits of adjusting the parts for Wear and at the same time the withdrawal of the wedges 17 permits the quarter-pieces and crown-piece to be readily dropped out as occasion arises.

Relative to the welding method it may be stated that this provides a better union of the metals and in fact making the parts integral providing for anunyielding support for the wedges 17 whereas if riveting were used alone the members 13 would become loosened due to the extremelyheavy strains imposed upon the rivets, the latter becoming stretched permitting such loosening.

Experience has shown that driving boxes of the type described as commonly used are subject todistortio'n on becoming heated soof line causing looseness and ill fitting and Under such condr resulting in faster wear. 7 tions it: is then required that the box be removed from the pedestal and machined to restore parallelism of its said faces a a, besides to provide means for taking up the resultant space due to such machining. Heretofore no means has been provided for preventing the occurrence mentioned, the usual oil or grease cellar being an independent partinserted loosely in place after the box has been installed, said cellar merely serving in its'capacity as a lubricant receptacle. One of my purposes herein is to prevent distortion of the whole boxby'snugly tting between the'extensions of the box-below the axle 1 a spacing part .WlllCll may be a special part or it may be the cellar A itself whose opposite sides where they bear upon the extensions may be machined, and also machining the faces of the said extensions whereby an exact fit is obtained. In the'present instance the bolts 1" may passthrough' extensions 6 of the cellar if desired. With a true fit the cellar or otherpart properly spaces the extensions and the bolts maintain, the assembly besides fun ctioningto prevent spreading of the latter.

This arrangement or sin-equivalent thereof I deemof much importance in view of the diificult-ies heretofore existing. Any usualclosure B, of course, having ears to engage the ,1 bolt 1' maybe provided.

Claims directed to the method of reconstructing locomotive driving journal boxes to produce the product'of the present invention are embodied in my copending application Serial No.- 220,351, filed September 19,

1927, Methodof reconstructing loco-motive driving journal boxes; 7

'Iclaim:

I i "1. A locomotive drivingbox having oppo siteside walls, a separate; shoulder on each- 7 side wall and positioned opposite toeach othtion of one another, and a filler block lying shoulder thereof and extending downwardlyover the edge-0f each] shoulder into thespace-between saidshoulders in the direc- ,2. A locomotive posite side walls, aseparate shoulder on each tion of one another and each Welded to'its i I v posite walls and eachwelded to its adjacent respective side wall. r 1 o driving box having op'-' side wall and positioned opposite to eachother and extending therefrom into -the space betweensaid side walls, each shoulder constituting a support, anda filler block positioned upon .each shoulder and: extending downwardly over the edge of :the same andbeg tween the said shouldersaand welded to thewall from which the shoulder extends.

'-ing box of the arched type and its journal,]

; 7 low the lowermostportiongof said journal, and a filler-block V abutting ipon each wall and resting upon 'said shoulder-thereof and extendingdownwardly over the "edge of said I shoulder and secured to said wall andprov'idlaterally and facing thetop of the arch and structi'on 'a' box having a recess extending up into it from its lower side, a. crown-piece 3. The combination of a locomotive: driv said box having opposite side walls'within the arched opening-thereof and spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the greatestwidth of said arcln'said journal. beingpositioned in said arch, each wall having a separate shoulder and said shoulders extending in the direction "of. each other and; lying bein r upporting surface facingupwardly into said arch, r I

4. A locomotive driving box of the arched type having opposite side'wallswithin'the' arched' opening thereof and spaced apart a distance approximately that of the width of the arch, a portion of each wall extending centrally toward the opposite' wall and including a shoulder extending substantially constituting a support, a filler-block A resting upon said shoulder'of each wall and extending downwardly over theedge-of'the same and secured againstrthe-wall atpointsrabove' and below said shoulder and having an up- Wardly, between said shoulders and having an upwardly facing supportingsurface. a

of the other and each including a shoulder surface facing the top of the arch and conextending downwardly over the, edge there- 7 ofandf between said shoulders of said op 6. In a locomotive driving box of the arched type, oppositely spaced walls fac-' ing each other and fspacedapart a distance substantially that ofthe'greatest width of 1 the arch, a projectingfmember on each wall -.and each member extending in the direction stituting a support,' a separate fillersblock resting upon each projecting a member and side wall, each filler-block having a top sup- 7 arch to receive a journal andat separate quarter member beneath and supporting the crown member, and beneath each quarter member a separate'wedge lying between each quarter member and-the next ad- ;jacent one of thesaid filler-blocks. I

7; A 'ournalbearing including in itscon:

struction a box having a recess extending up into it fromitslower side", a crown-piece, a quarter-piece beneath the crown-piece, means to adjust the quarter-piece in the direction of the crown-piece,:said quarter-piece having a 'T-shapedgslot in its end'extending at. right angles to its direction of adjustment, a plate overlying the slot and part of the box, means to secure the plate to the. latter,,amember extending through the plate and slidably enthe quarterrpiece within the slot, and" means to secure the quarter-piece and plate relatively. I; 18. A journal bearing including in its conseated in said recess, a quarter-piecebeneathstructionla box'having a recess extenclin'gup into, 1t from its lower s1de, aycrown-p1ece I each end of the crown-piece, a :plate extending across part of the box and said quarter,- piece, means to secure the plate relativeto'the box, said plate and said quarter-piece being adjustable relatively to each other, and means to secure said plate and quarter-piecein-adjustable relation relatively to each other. 7

f 9. A journal bearing including in its conseated in said recess, a quarter-piece beneath 7 ing across part of the box and said quarterpiece, means to secure the plate with respect to the box, and means to adjustably secure the said plate with respect to said quarter-piece and to permit adjustments of the latter'with respect to said plate.

10. A journal bearing including in its construction a box having a recess extending up into it from its lower side, a :crown-piece seated in the recess, a quarter-piece beneath each end of the crown-piece adapted to be moved toward and engage the. same, a plate extending across part of thebox and said quarter-piece and shiftable with respect to both, means to secure the plate relatively to the box, and means to secure the plate and quarter-piece relatively, both said means adaptedto permit the plate to shift with respect to both, to said box and said quarterpiece.

11.111 a journal box, opposite spaced side walls rigidly positioned with respect to each other and having upper and lateral bearing elements for the reception of a rotatable shaft, and initialsupporting means comprising oppositely faced ledges one each in the material of each side wall and faced upwardly, and direct supporting means for holding said bearing element comprising spaced elements, one each mounted face to face against said spaced opposite walls and each having a shoulder facing downwardly and restingon and fitting complementary to said ledge withcaportion extending down wardly over the same, and each of said direct supporting elements extending over and being firmly secured at a location above its said shoulder to the upright surface of its next adjacent side wall, and each direct supporting element having'an upper edge surface for the mounting of bearings or wedges therefor.

12. In a journal box, opposite spaced side walls rigidly positioned with respect to each other and having upper and lateral bearing elements for the reception of a rotatable shaft, and initial supporting meanscomprising oppositely faced ledges one each in the material of each side wall and faced upwardly, and direct supporting means for holding said bearing element comprising spaced eleinents,one each, mounted'face to face against said spaced opposite walls and each having a shoulder facing downwardly and resting on and fitting complementary to said ledge with a portion extending downwardly over the same, and each of said direct supporting elements extending over and being welded at a location above its said shouldertothe upright surface of its next adjacent side wall, and

each direct supporting element having an upper edge surface for the mounting of bear ings or wedges therefor, the width of the up-' per edge surface of each of said direct'supporting elements being greater than the walls.

13. A filler block for building up the inner walls of locomotive driving boxes comprising a. metal element having one side portion thicker than the other side portion, and the faces of both side portions being substantially flat, there being a step between the thin portion and the thick portion, and said element being larger at one end than at the other and gradually tapering therebetween.

1%. A filler block for building up the inner walls of locomotive driving boxes comprising a metal element having one .side portion thicker than the other side portion, and the faces of both side portions being substantially fiat, there being a step between the thin portion and: the thick portion, said opposite faces being parallel to each other, andsaid element being larger at one endthan at the other and gradually taperingth erebetween.

15. A filler-block for supplementing the thickness of the walls of a ournal box, which block comprises a metal element having a thick portion at one side and'a thinportion at the opposite side and having a step extendingin a straight linea'cross said'block at the juncture of the thin and thick portions, and the upper marginal edge surface of the thick portion extending in plane diagonally transverse to the opposite surfaces of said block and lengthwise of said step inclined transversely thereto. i

1 6. A' locomotive driving box having opposite side walls,a separate shoulder on each side wall and positioned opposite to. each other and extending therefrom in the direction of one another and a filler block lying against each wall and resting upon the said shoulder thereof and extending downwardly over the edge of each shoulder into the space between said shoulders in the direction of one another and each welded to its respective wall, that-portion of each filler block lyingabove said shoulder being higher at one end than'at'the other providing an-upper face inclined to the horizontal from'end to end.

' 17. A locomotive driving box having opposite side walls, a separate shoulder on each side wall andv positioned opposite .to' each other and extending therefrom into the space between said side walls, each shoulder con-- stituting a support, and a filler blockpositioned upon each v shoulder and extending downwardly over the edge of the same and between the said shoulders and welded to the Width of said shoulders in the respective side .wall from which the shoulder extends, that portion of each filler block lying above said shoulder being higher at one end than at the other providing an upper face inclined to the" andeachwelded to'its adjacent side wall,- each filler-block having a top supporting arch, a projecting member on each walland each member extending in the direction of I the other and each including a shouldersurface facing the top of the arch and constituting a support, a separate filler-block resting upon each projecting member and extending downwardly over the edge thereof and be-V 'tweensaid shoulders of said opposite walls surface inclined-to the hor zontal from end to end of said'block', a crown member seated in the top of the arch to receive a journal and at each opposite edge of said crown member a separate quarter member'beneath and supporting the crown member, and beneath each quarter member a separate Wedge lying between each quarter member and the next adj acent one of the said filler-blocks.

19. A locomotive, driving box having op r' posite side walls, a separate shoulder on each side wall and positioned opposite to each other'and extendingtherefrom in the direction of one another, and a filler-block lying against each-wall and'resting'upon the said a V spective side wall.

' shoulder "thereof and each welded" to its reend to end.. r

shoulder thereof and each welded to its re- 20. A locomotive posite side walls, a separate shoulder on each side wall and positioned opposite to each s other and extending therefrom inthe 'dire'ction of one another,land a filler block lying against each wall and resting upon the said spective wall, each filler block being higher at one-end than at the other providing-an upper face inclined to the horizontal from 21 In a locomotive arched type, oppositely spaced walls facing 3 each other and; spaced apart-a distance sub- 7 stantially thatof the greatest width of the arch,a projecting memberon each wall and each member extending in the direction of the other and each including a shoulder sur- 7 face facing the top ofthe arch and constituting a support, a'separate filler-block resting upon each projecting member and-each welded to its adjacent sidewall, each filler block having a top supporting surface inclined to the horizontal from end to end ofsaid block, acrown member seated in the top opposite edge of said of the arch to receive a jour nal and at each separat'e 'qua'rter member beneath and supporting the crown member, and beneath each quarter. member a separate wedge lying be- I tween each quarter member and the next adjacentone of the said filler-blocks.

In testimony whereofIaffix my signature. n DELBERT'H. FRENCH. o

driving box having opdriving box of the crown member a 

